The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 23: Lisbon, Alcantara
Monocle’s Syma Tariq and urban researcher and travel guide Francesca Savoldi tour the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alcantara.
Is London’s food scene broken?
In a special edition live from Monocle HQ, Grace Dent, Nicholas Lander, Martin Morales and Jonathan Downey discuss what needs fixing in the capital’s restaurants – and what they can teach the rest of the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 22: Florentin, Tel Aviv
Monocle’s Mary Pelletier and Inbal Baum of the culinary tour company Delicious Israel visit the Tel Aviv’s fastest-growing food destination.
Making way for the new
The Austrian restaurateur fighting conventions and the wine-subscription service getting customers out of their comfort zones. Plus: why saffron is not just for risotto, buns and biryanis.
Food Neighbourhoods 21: Amsterdam, Javastraat
Monocle’s Venetia Rainey and performer Maureen de Jong tour Amsterdam’s eastern neighbourhoods.
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver on the successes, failures and the biggest lessons he has learned over the course of his career, plus the week’s top headlines from the US.
Food Neighbourhoods 20: New Delhi, Majnu Ka Tilla
Food tour guide Anubhav Sapra is our guide to the New Delhi neighbourhood of Majnu Ka Tilla, a destination for amazing Tibetan food.
The reappraisal of British food
US food writer Colman Andrews on why the world should be more appreciative of British food, Hong Kong’s brand new food-truck pilot project and the week’s top headlines from Tokyo.
Food Neighbourhoods 19: Colonia Juárez, Mexico City
Food tour guide and blogger Rocio Vasquez is our guide to the Mexico City neighbourhood of La Juárez, which is famous for its excellent restaurants.
The blue wine controversy
How a new wine from the Basque Country is causing a commotion among the area’s producers, the most prominent coffee trends in 2017 and the week’s top headlines from around Europe.
